Haw. Code R. § 12-44-59 - Final decision

(a) Where exceptions have been filed to the council's proposed decision, the council shall render its final decision within sixty days after hearing the exceptions. in rendering its final decision, the council shall consider the whole record or such portions thereof as may be cited by the parties, and shall resolve all questions of fact by what it deems to be the greater weight of the evidence thereon. The final decision shall contain findings of fact and conclusions of law upon which the decision is based.

(b) Where the council has heard and examined all of the evidence, the council, within sixty days after the reception of the evidence, or filing of any memoranda or proposed findings permitted to be filed by any party, shall render its final decision which shall contain findings of fact and conclusions of law upon which the decision is based. If any party has been permitted to file proposed findings of fact, the final decision shall incorporate a ruling on each proposed finding so presented.

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Haw. Code R. § 12-44-59

[Eff JUN 6 1986] (Auth: HRS § 132-16) (Imp: HRS § 132-16)